Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/99 Personal and professional background – growing up in Australia, hobbies outside of work Career journey, joining Microsoft product team, working on PowerApps and working with the original team at Canvas Apps, starting as a Microsoft Partner before joining Microsoft Key pillars/various moving parts of the Power Platform team Owning the UI, holding the constraints of the upper-level nav and the left-hand nav of the system and what th...

3 Jun 201957min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/98 Personal background – living in Finland, family A bit of Finland and Nordic geography, length of winter in Finland, local delicacies Organizing Dynamics 365 events in Finland – Finland Dynamics User Group and Dynamics 365 Saturday Favourite part of the Power Platform Being one of three Microsoft MVPs in FinlandIs Project Service Automation dead? What's happening with PSA, PSA's capabilities becoming a core part of Dynami...

29 Mai 201929min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/97 Purvin’s role in Microsoft when it comes to the Microsoft MVP Program What the MVP Program is from Microsoft’s perspective What is “MVP for life”, and is there such a thing? How one can become an “MVP for life.”MVP Award vs Inner Circle Award – what is the difference between individual and company awardsPurvin’s passion and motivation for the Business Apps MVP program, what turns his wheels What Microsoft MVP aspirants need t...

27 Mai 201952min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/96 Personal background – living in Uruguay, being bilingual (Spanish and English), the popular food in Uruguay, family Becoming a Microsoft MVP – being a 10-year MVP, how different the Microsoft MVP program was since he first got nominated About Communidad 365 – starting the Spanish speaking community Becoming officially part of the Dynamics User Group community Membership in the Spanish speaking Dynamics and Power Platform comm...

22 Mai 201927min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/95 Personal background – living in Issaquah, hobbies, family Career highlights being part of the Microsoft Business Applications team Thoughts on the idea of Microsoft’s shift in focus from apps to the platform The “measuring stick” that Microsoft uses to define a top ISV Patterns that successful ISVs do effectively to become a top ISV Creating a business model around being an ISV Various tools that Microsoft have avai...

20 Mai 201951min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/94 Personal background Recommendations for visiting Jordan – destinations, food (mansaf, falafel) Moving from Jordan to live in Norway as a career move – interviews abroad, deciding to stay within Europe Journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – what's unique in Ahmad’s journey as a Microsoft MVP, getting married and bringing family 2 years after moving to Norway PowerApps and Flow community, co-organising SharePoint Saturday ...

15 Mai 201929min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/93 Personal and professional background – living in Perth, hobbies, working as Solution Director at DXC-Eclipse How to assess whether an opportunity is worth pursuing Weeding out the concept of “column fodder” Importance of getting to the face-to-face phase of the bid processEssential elements of a bid proposal to get you into the next phase of the bid process Handling lighthouse customers when you don’t have the industry experi...

13 Mai 201950min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/88 Personal background – working in Switzerland, becoming a Microsoft MVP Main Microsoft MVPs that introduced the Microsoft MVP program Journey working on Microsoft Flow and experience with PowerApps Moving from Paris to Switzerland for quality of life and job opportunity The biggest difference from Parisian lifestyle as compared to Swiss lifestyle Missing Parisian food when travelling, esp. Baguette, the best time to buy a...

8 Mai 201924min